At 01:16 Paris time on 25 June 1998, during routine maintenance operations, controllers lost contact...
In 1998 ground controllers lost contact with the Sun-watching SOHO spacecraft and feared it might be gone for good, until the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico pinged the silent, slowly tumbling craft — beginning a months-long effort to coax it back to life.
At 01:16 Paris time on 25 June 1998, during routine maintenance operations, controllers lost contact with the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory,...
Author: Space Daily
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